Huntsville vs Jacksonville

A side-by-side comparison of Huntsville and Jacksonville: population, income, housing, and more.

Huntsville and Jacksonville are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Huntsville has the higher population (1,806 vs 106 in Jacksonville). Huntsville has the higher median household income ($52,266 vs $45,000 in Jacksonville). Since 2019, Huntsville's population has grown faster (+8.5% vs -16.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Huntsville	Jacksonville
Population	1,806	106
Median age	44.1 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,266	$45,000
Median home value	$101,500	—
Median gross rent	$738	—
Housing units	765	78
Homeownership rate	63.7%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntsville	Jacksonville
Population	1,664 → 1,806 (+8.5%)	127 → 106 (-16.5%)
Median household income	$45,724 → $52,266 (+14.3%)	$39,000 → $45,000 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $101,500 (+37.9%)	$52,100 → $45,000 (-13.6%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $738 (+6.2%)	—

Huntsville

Population

1,6641,806

Median household income

$45,724$52,266

Median home value

$73,600$101,500

Median gross rent

$695$738

Jacksonville

Population

127106

Median household income

$39,000$45,000

Median home value

$52,100$45,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huntsville	Jacksonville
Under 5	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	19.8%
18 to 24	14.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.4%
35 to 44	8.7%	16.0%
45 to 54	14.8%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	17.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	18.9%
75 and over	10.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntsville	Jacksonville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntsville	Jacksonville
No high school diploma	11.0%	22.4%
High school graduate	42.3%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntsville	Jacksonville
Drove alone	80.8%	85.7%
Carpooled	12.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	14.3%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntsville	Jacksonville
1-unit, detached	66.9%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	32.1%

Poverty & households

	Huntsville	Jacksonville
Poverty rate	16.5%	10.4%
Average household size	2.70	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	19	31
Median year structure built	1966	1938